Safety razor



Feb. l2, 1935.

E. T. FRY

SAFETY RAZOR Filed June 24, 1953 /0 NH3 l0 I l a 3 /86 f2 W V///'- l .55 l: /2

4 L9 ll l ,f-429.2. 6 i,

ll lll l- Ill l- I 1 El El,

ERNEST TFRY Patented Feb. 12, 1935 l s i 1 l SAFETY RAZOR Ernest T. Fry,Baltimore, Md., assignor to Richard L if G. Moses, Baltimore, Md. y

Application Junef 24, 1933, Serial No. 677,507 Claims.v (Cl. 30--12)Thisinvention relates to safety vrazors of the a slot 5extendingwidthwise and which makes a two-edge wafer blade type' and ithas for its obsnug fit with the blade 6, which is slidably insertjectthc-:construction of a razor having the genedfinto said slot. The facemembers 3 and 4 emeral shapey of and the same manner of manipulaanatefrom' a base portion 7 'constituting part of 5 tion as the old fashionedstraight razor, while at the handle.` The frame together with the hanthesame timepossessing attributes affecting-its dle may be' made of'anysuitable material such celerity of operation and quicknessandconvenasmetal,y urea condensation product, celluloid, ience inassembling and disassembling which phenolic resin or the like, and itispreferred that make it distinctly novel and useful with reference theface members 3 and 4 be slightly yielding l0 to safety razors asheretofore constructed. or resilient so that when 'the razor is laidaga'nst l One of the more specific objects of the inventhe skin in theact of shaving, the face members tion is the provision of a razor havinga frame will be pressed together against the blade holdincluding flatfaces between which the blade is ing it securely against displacement.slidablyy and snugly inserted with some friction, The face members 3 and4 are provided with andthe faces being preferably somewhat springylongitudinal slots 8 and 9 preferably arranged so that when the frame ispressed against the in a plane which intersects that of the blade 6.skin in the act of shaving, the friction is in` 'The blade is formedwith a tongue or rib 10 which creased and the blade held firmly againstdists slidably in either of the slots 8 or 9, perplacement. lmitting theblade to be reversed bringing new Another object of the invention is ytoprovide sides of the cutting edges into cutting relation to the framewith a longitudinal slot cutting the beard. K through both faces in aplane intersecting that The sides of the'face members 3 and 4 are inofthe blade, and to form the blade with a longiclined so as to hold theblade at a proper angle tudinal tongue or rib selectivelyinterdigitatable While shaving. with the slot in either face of theframe se that The edges of the frame may be rectilinear and 25 the bladecan be readily reversed. unindented as indicated at 11 in Figures l and2, Still another object of the invention is to pro- 01' Optionally,theyfmay be fOImd With guard vide the frame with through slots inintersecting lteeth 12 as shown in Figure 5. The rib 10 of the planeswhereby it is easy to wash the frame blade 6 may project for a slightdistance beyond merely by holding the slots underajet of water. theframe l aS at 13, Serving as a' handle yfOI 30 Other objects of theinvention will appear as Slipping the blade in or out, 0r the Tb 10 maybe the following description of a preferred and pracmade slightly higherthan the outer side of the tical embodiment thereof proceeds. `facemembers 3 or 4 so that the blade may be In the drawing which accompaniesand forms slipped out by mere frictional contact of the a part of thefollowing specification and throughthumb against the projecting apex ofsaid rib. 35 out the several figures of which the same charac- Ifdesired, the blade could be made with a rib on ters of reference havebeen employed to'desigboth sides fitting both the slots 8 and 9simulnate identical parts: taneously.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a razor embodying In cleansing the razor, itis merely necessary to 40 the features of the invention; withdraw theblade and hold the frame under a 40 Figure 2 is a cross section takenalong the line jet of water so as to bring the widthwise and 2-2 ofFigure 1; depthwise slots successively into alinement with Figure 3 is aperspective view of the frame; said jet; No screwing or unscrewing ofvparts Figure 4 is a perspective View of the blade; and lis necessary inthe assembling or disassemblingv Figure 5 is a slightly modified form ofthe inof this razor. It may be desired however to make 45 vention inwhich a toothed guard replaces the the blade holding portion of theframe of difplain guard shown in Figure l, the handle being' ferentmaterial from the handle, in which case or also detachable from theblade holding portion of for other reasons, the two parts may beseparatethe frame. `ly made and screwed together as shown at `14 inReferring now in detail to the several figures Figure 5. In order towithdraw or replacea 50 and first adverting to that form of theinvenblade, itis not necessary however to unscrew' the tion shown in therst four figures, the numeral handle from the rest of the frame. 1represents a frame having the handle portion While I have in the abovedisclosure described 2. Figure 2 shows that the frame is divided intowhat I believe to be a preferred and practical a pair of flat facemembers 3 and 4 by means of embodiment of the invention, it is to beunder- 55 stood that the details of construction as shown are merelyexemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of theinvention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. Safety razor of the wafer blade type comprising a frame including anelongated handle portion, and a blade holding portion being an extensionfrom said handle portion having relatively flat face members spacedapart substantially the thickness of a blade and of a. width to permitthe projection of the blade edges, said face members being formed with alongitudinal slot opening into the space between said members and'adapted selectively to receive the upstandingA rib of a blade in eitherof reversed positions of said blade. v

2. Safety razor as claimed in claim 1, the sides of said members beyondwhich the edges of'said blade project being inclined at a proper shavingangle.

3. In combination, a. safetyrazor of the wafer blade type comprising aframe and a blade, said frame including an elongated handle portion anda blade .holding portion being an extension from said handle portionhaving relatively dat face member-fs spaced apart substantially thethickness of said bladeand of a width to permit the projection of theblade edges, said face members being provided with longitudinal slotsopening into the space between said face members, said blade beingprovided with a longitudinal rib adapted to be received selectively inthe slot in either of said face members whereby the blade may bereversed.

4. In combination a frame comprising a handle extended at one end intorelatively at members spaced apart the thickness of a razor blade of thewafer type and otset laterally so that one edge of each projects beyondthe adjacent edge of the other, one of said flat members having athrough slot, extending longitudinally to communicate with the spacebetween the members and positioned medially of said two members, wherebysaid member is divided into a Wide and narrow part of differing flexingstrength, and a Wafer blade having a longitudinally extending ribadapted to slide in said slot, said blade of sufficient width tovproject on each side from between said flat members.

5. Claim 4 with the side edges of the flat members on each side roundedinto a substantially smooth curve, the curve of the edges on one sidebeing oppositely disposed to that of the edges on the other side.

ERNEST T. FRY.

